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I was attacked by serial killer who dressed in women’s nighties and broke into my shower – he could have...
Newsbreak 3 days ago in Around The World, Courts, Crime, Digital Features, Features, Murderers and serial killers, News, Police, True crime, World News 0 AS she turned off her bathroom shower, Liz Kirkby stepped into a scene straight out of a horror film. Standing before her was a man dressed in a nightie with underwear on his hear, who proceeded to throw the mum-of-three to the floor and brutally beat her. Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon were murdered by Bradley Robert Edwards Supreme Court of WA The serial killer…
Amazon is slashing 9,000 more workers amid a layoff wave that has expanded past tech to include bellwethers like Dow...
Newsbreak 4 days ago in 3m, Affirm, Alphabet, Amazon, Andy Jassy, Around The World, Arvind Krishna, bdg, Bob Iger, brian armstrong, Business Visual Features, Capital One, Coinbase, Compass, Daniel Ek, Dell, Disney, DocuSign, Dow, Dow Inc, Features, FedEx, Finance, GoDaddy, Goldman Sachs, Google, IBM, Intel, Layoffs, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Microsoft, News, PayPal, Retail, Rivian, Salesforce, SAP, Satya Nadella, Splunk, Spotify, Stitch Fix, Tech Insider, Vimeo, Visual Features, Wayfair, WeWork, Yahoo, Zoom 0 In a memo sent to employees on Monday, Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy said the company would be eliminating 9,000 positions from its ranks. Mike Blake/Reuters Amazon, Meta, and Twitter employees are the latest to be hit by a wave of layoffs. Over the past few months, layoffs have expanded outside of tech, media, and finance as Dow and 3M announced cuts. See the full list…
Bing AI’s celebrity mode helped me speak to 7 famous stars, politicians, and fictional characters. Some were too robotic, while...
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Angela Bassett, Around The World, Donald Trump, Features, Gollum, Gordon Ramsay, Joe Biden, Keke Palmer, Lord of the Rings, Megan Thee Stallion, News, Star Wars, Tech Insider, The Hobbit, Yoda 0 Lucasfilm/”Attack of the Clones”// Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage // FOX via Getty Images Users of Microsoft’s Bing AI chatbot recently discovered that it has a celebrity mode. The celebrity mode allows users to impersonate celebrities. Insider tried the celeb mode on famous characters and people to test its accuracy. Users of Microsoft’s Bing AI chatbot recently discovered the application has a secret mode that can impersonate celebrities,…
Take a look inside Lufthansa’s new first-class suites for long-haul flights, which the airline says feel almost as private as...
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Airline, Around The World, Features, First Class, First Class Flight, flight, Lufthansa, Luxury Travel, News, plane, Transportation, Travel, Trending UK 0 The seats can be pulled out as a bed. Lufthansa Lufthansa unveils its new first-class suites for long-haul flights, including some with double beds. Its CEO said the suite “conveys the feeling of privacy and individuality similar to a hotel room.” Passengers are able to heat and cool the seats and have meals served when they want. Lufthansa has unveiled a huge revamp of the…
6 companies that struck it big on China’s zero-COVID policies and came out on top after 3 years of lockdowns
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Around The World, Businesses, China, Features, insider asia, insider news, International, News, Winners, zero-COVID 0 Sanitation workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) spray disinfectant at Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street on May 28, 2022, in Shanghai, China. Yang Jianzheng/VCG via Getty Images China’s zero-COVID era was a period of economic slowdown for almost everyone in the country. But a select pool of local firms and sectors saw tremendous growth during those years. Insider takes a look at 6 of the big…
Colorful, 24-legged predators could save marine ecosystems on the West Coast
A giant sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) walks across the reef underwater in Point Dume State Beach, California. Brent Durand/Getty Images Kelp forests, one of the most diverse ocean ecosystems, are dying along North America’s West Coast. A new study says recovering sunflower sea star populations could save the forests. The sea stars are voracious predators that feed on urchins and help keep the ecosystem in…
A Worm Moon, the last full moon of winter, hangs in the sky this week. Its other names include Death...
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Around The World, blue moon, Features, full moon, lunar eclipse, Moon, News, science, Skywatching, stargazing, Supermoon 0 The full moon, known as the “Super Pink Moon” rises behind the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Christian Hartmann/Reuters A Worm Moon rising in the sky Monday and Tuesday night is the last full moon of winter. The March full moon is also called the Sugar Moon, Sap Moon, or Death Moon. People across North America and Europe have named full moons to track the…
I thought my husband was cheating when I discovered he was staying in seedy motels – the horrific truth was...
THE saying ‘no one knows what goes on behind closed doors’ couldn’t be more fitting for the chilling case of Michel Fourniret. Known as one of France’s most sadistic serial killers, new Netflix documentary Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil delves into the role his wife played in his heinous crimes. AFP Monique Olivier found victims for her husband to abuse and murder[/caption] Getty She is now…
I shopped at an LA grocery store where you take home everything in your own containers, and I’m convinced it’s...
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Around The World, Features, Grocery Store, re_grocery, Retail, Sustainable, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods 0 re_grocery opened in 2020. It has the potential to disrupt the grocery industry. Samantha Delouya re_grocery is a new and growing grocery store chain in Los Angeles. It stands out from competitors like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods because it aims for zero plastic waste. I shopped at re_grocery using reusable glass containers. Check out more about the experience. I visited a new grocery store…
Take a look inside this sleek 3D-printed home that starts at under $300,000 and took just a few weeks to...
The interior of a 3D printed home built by SQ4D in Riverhead, New York. Courtesy of SQ4D SQ4D is a 3D printing company that farms its services out to house contractors. The company built a home in 80 hours. It was listed at $299,000, below the area’s median price. Here’s a look at the printing process and the finished product on Long Island. SQ4D builds…
I tried Subway’s new plant-based teriyaki-steak sandwich. The texture was great and it cost the same as the meat version.
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Around The World, Features, Louise Ridley, plant-based, plant-based meat, Retail, Reviews, Subway, Trending UK, Vegan, vegan food, Weekend BI UK Feature 0 The Vegetarian Butcher is supplying the plant-based steak for the Subway sandwich. Grace Dean/Insider Subway UK rolled out a teriyaki-steak sandwich with a plant-based version as well as a meat one. I tried the fake steak which is made by The Vegetarian Butcher, a Unilever-owned brand. The meat and plant versions cost the same which suggests a desire to make meat alternatives mainstream. Subway rolled…
A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A scientist on Operation Plumbbob...
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Around The World, Bombs, Features, History, IBM-block, Military & Defense, Nevada Test Site, News Visual Feature, Nuclear Tests, Nuclear Weapons, science, Weapons 0 The pockmarked Nevada Testing Site, strewn with craters from all the nuclear weapons tests that took place there. NNSA Robert Brownlee was on the Operation Plumbbob team that launched an object in space before Sputnik. They put a manhole cover above a nuke underground, and the explosion shot the iron cap into space. The fastest human-made object was part of the US government’s nuclear testing…
Meet the 52 Black women who raised $1 million or more in VC funding since 2021
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Around The World, BI Select, Black Women, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Features, Finance, Retail, Small Business, Tech, Tech Insider, VC, VC funding, Voices of Color 0 Ami Colé founder Diarrha N’Diaye Katherine Pekala Before 2021, only 93 Black female founders had raised $1 million or more in venture capital. Companies led by Black women typically receive less than 1% of all venture capital funding. Insider is compiling a list of Black female founders who’ve raised $1 million or more in VC since 2021. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Black…
Inside equestrian show jumping, the elite sport beloved by famous kids like Grace Wahlberg, Jennifer Gates and Eve Jobs
Newsbreak 4 weeks ago in Around The World, Equestrian, Eve Jobs, Features, Georgina Bloomberg, Horses, Jennifer Gates, Life, Mark Wahlberg, Olympics, Sports, Strategy 0 For the lucky few who compete in it, show jumping is well worth the risks. Dan Mullan / Stringer / Getty Images The niche sport of equestrian show jumping has caught the eye of some of the wealthiest people in the world. For those who can afford to take part in competitions, show jumping offers millions of dollars of prize money and international glory. In…
Bomb baby Polina celebrates her first birthday with a cuddly Paddington Bear as her mum says: ‘She is a beacon...
Newsbreak 4 weeks ago in Around The World, Exclusives, Features, Global politics, News, Pregnancy and childbirth, Print Features, The Sun Newspaper, Ukraine war, World News 0 ONE year in the past Anastasia Hlazenko was giving beginning to her daughter in a bombed-out maternity hospital as Russian troops blitzed her house metropolis in Ukraine. Now little Polina is celebrating her first birthday with a cuddly Paddington Bear given to her by The Sun as her mum declared: “She is a beacon of hope.” Chris Eades Little Polina is celebrating her first birthday…
See packages delivered by boat, airplane, drone, and donkey as e-commerce reaches every corner of the world
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, BITranspo, Business Visual Features, China, DHL, eCommerce, Features, last mile delivery, Logistics, packages, Transportation, UPS 0 A DHL supervisor palms a package deal to a courier from a ship carrying specific packages in one of the canals of Amsterdam. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen/United Photos E-commerce is rising worldwide, however the logistics can get difficult in hard-to-reach locations. The inhabitants, topography, and visitors of totally different locales create challenges for deliveries. Here are some distinctive deliveries in Brazil, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Rwanda,…
Two weeks after toxic chemicals burned on a derailed practice, Ohio residents fear for their security. Here’s what we know...
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, Business Visual Features, Chemicals, Disasters, East palestine Ohio, Features, News, Pollution, Visual Features, weekend BI US 0 Smoke rises from a derailed cargo practice in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. The practice accident sparked a huge fireplace and evacuation orders. DUSTIN FRANZ/AFP via Getty Images A practice derailed in East Palestine, Ohio this month, resulting in the release of toxic chemicals. Some of the chemicals have been released on function in a managed burn. Residents of the small city evacuated,…
A Second World War Coastguard lookout on the White Cliffs of Dover is on sale for $1.5 million. Take a...
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, Features, First World War, News, Real Estate, Second World War, Weekend BI UK Feature 0 Marshall & Clarke Bluebirds, a former Coastguard station home, has gone on the market for about $1.5 million. Set on the White Cliffs of Dover, it performed an important role throughout the Second World War. The two bed room, two lavatory property has panoramic views of the English Channel. This former Coastguard lookout used throughout the First and Second World Wars may very well be…
See how a couple got an abandoned home for free — then moved it, rodents and all. They’re about to...
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, Features, Homebuyers, Homeowners, Housing Market, Kansas, Real Estate, remodeling, Renovation 0 The Flores family and their home. Courtesy of Julie Flores A historic home in Lincoln, Kansas, was up for demolition till a group of locals intervened. In August 2022, Julie and Eddie Flores gained the home from the native group and a company owner. Flores explained how she is renovating the home with a strict finances of $250,000. In 2022, Julie Flores, 32, a part-time…
8 incredible things Jimmy Carter, the longest-living American president, did well into his 90s that prove age is just a...
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, Features, Freelancer, Insider, Jimmy Carter, News, Politics, US Presidents 0 Jimmy Carter is displaying no indicators of slowing down. AP/Mark Humphrey Former President Jimmy Carter is 98, making him the longest-living American president in historical past. The thirty ninth president has been energetic in humanitarian work well into his 90s. On Saturday, February 18, 2023, the Carter Center announced that the former president entered hospice care. Jimmy Carter is 98, making him the oldest living…
From ‘quiet hiring’ to ‘rage making use of,’ here’s the top workplace buzzwords of 2023 – and what they mean
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, Business Visual Features, Careers, Economy, Employees, Features, gen z, Job Applications, News, quiet quitting, Rage Applying, Work, Workers, Workplace 0 Hybrid working is the new regular in many firms. Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Attitudes in the direction of work are altering as staff modify to a post-pandemic regular. There are actually a slew of new terms to describe work, from “rage applying” to “Bare Minimum Monday.” Check out some of this year’s greatest workplace buzzwords and what consultants have to say about them. The year continues…
A $400 sweater tricks facial-recognition cameras into thinking you’re a zebra or a giraffe to protect your privateness, its maker...
Newsbreak 1 month ago in AI, Around The World, Facial Recognition, Fashion, Features, Louise Ridley, News, Retail, Software, Surveillance, Tech Insider, Technology, Weekend BI UK Feature 0 The Manifesto Collection was designed to spotlight the value of privateness. Cap-able An Italian startup has created a clothes line that aims to trick facial-recognition cameras. It makes use of patterns created by algorithms to idiot cameras into thinking the wearer will not be human. The garments could make you look like a giraffe, zebra, or canine in the eyes of surveillance cameras. Facial-recognition expertise…
Inside the turbulent personal life of Elon Musk, who had secret twins with an exec, got divorced 3 occasions, and...
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, Arts & Culture, Business Visual Features, dating, Elon Musk, Families, Family, Features, Girlfriends, Grimes, Grimes pregnancy, Kimbal Musk, Life of, marriage, Maye Musk, News, relationships, SpaceX, Tech, Tech Insider, Tesla, Transportation, Twitter 0 Grimes, left, and Elon Musk attend the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2018. Charles Sykes/AP Elon Musk has had a headline-grabbing personal life over the years. He’s been divorced thrice, dated a number of celebrities, and has 9 youngsters, together with twins with one of his high executives. But Musk’s skilled life is probably going taking over most of his…
How North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became one of the world’s most feared dictators
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, Bio Slideshow, Features, Kim Jong Un, Korea, Korea Summit, Life, Military & Defense, News, News UK, North Korea, Politics, Politics Slideshow, US-North Korea Summit 2019 0 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un greets a girls’s subunit throughout a rocket launching drill. Reuters/KCNA KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is considered one of the world’s most repressive leaders. Despite his high-profile profession, there may be comparatively little identified about the reclusive 39-year-old. Here’s what we do learn about his life, and that of his family. The present head of a dynasty…
Bill and Melinda Gates: Here’s a look inside their 27-year marriage, from meeting at work, to spending $45 billion on...
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, BI Innovation, BI Select, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Couple, Features, Finance, Life, marriage, Melinda Gates, Microsoft, Relationship, Strategy, Tech Insider 0 Bill and Melinda gates are splitting up, the Microsoft co-founder announced on Monday. Scott Olson/Getty Images Bill Gates, the founding father of Microsoft, announced he and his spouse, Melinda, divorced in 2021. Gates married Melinda French in 1994 after the 2 met at work. The two ran the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which had an endowment of $49.8 billion in 2019. Bill and Melinda Gates…
54 Valentine’s Day gifts for her that are considerate, romantic, and unique
When you buy by our hyperlinks, Insider could earn an affiliate fee. Learn more. Catbird; Amazon Heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and bouquets of flowers are Valentine’s Day reward staples. But if you need one thing completely different to deal with your associate with, there’s loads of unique choices on the market that are equally romantic. To take among the V-Day stress off, we have rounded…
My daughter was stolen from hospital at 3 days old – it took 17 years to find her but my...
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Around The World, Babies, Digital Exclusive, Digital Features, Features, motherhood, News, Pregnancy and childbirth, World News 0 GAZING at her new child daughter, younger mum Celeste Nurse felt a rush of affection and thought excitedly of the gorgeous nursery she’d embellished for her new arrival. But two days later, on April 30 1997, her world fell aside when a girl posing as a nurse picked up child Zephany and calmly walked out of the Cape Town hospital as Celeste slept. PARAMOUNT+ Celeste’s…
These 6 CEOs are taking pay cuts to prevent more layoffs and fight tough times as industrywide reductions persist
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Alphabet, Apple, Around The World, Business Visual Features, Careers, Features, Goldman Sachs, Google, Intel, JP Morgan, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, News, pay cuts, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, weekend BI US 0 Apple CEO Tim Cook. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Chief executives are more and more opting to take pay cuts off their multi-million annual compensation. The reductions come amid financial hardship throughout industries, main to mass layoffs. Here are 6 CEOs who’ve decreased their salaries, from Tim Cook to David Solomon. Apple CEO Tim Cook Cook at Code in 2022. Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media Apple CEO Tim…
How Tom Brady’s robust trademark and brand strategy that spans cookbooks to skincare is setting him up for life after...
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Advertising, Around The World, Features, Media, News, Retail, Sports, Tech Insider, Tom Brady 0 Tom Brady announced he is retiring from soccer for good. Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe via Getty Images Tom Brady is retiring from soccer, however his trademark purposes may set up his second act. The filings communicate to Brady’s enterprise pursuits, like well being and wellness. We break them down, from candles to meals supply to NFTs. Tom Brady is retiring from the NFL…
The Taliban requires that all mannequins’ heads be covered or cut off. Interviews with locals and eerie photos of storefronts...
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Afghanistan, Around The World, Features, InsiderAsia, News, Taliban, Travel 0 A model’s head is covered in a gown store in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi Veiled and headless mannequins are a ubiquitous sight in trend outlets throughout Afghanistan. A store owner says the Taliban’s restriction has affected the psyche of feminine customers. Afghans say life is tough beneath the Taliban, with no indicators of issues bettering. Since the Taliban’s takeover of…